Gastric-band mum 'feeding sons to death'

A British mother whose life was saved by gastric band surgery has told the Daily Mail says she fears she is killing her sons by feeding them to a combined weight of 360kg.

Cynthia Williams, 48, came close to death from high blood pressure and diabetes before undergoing gastric surgery and losing 45kg in a year.

But she told the Mail she still hasn't been able to overcome the habit of 'comfort feeding' her two sons Joseph, 26, and Mathew, 18.

Despite doctors warning her the practice will eventually lead to their death, Ms Williams says she will keep feeding them because it is the only thing which makes them happy.

"I know it's my fault they're fat, and that the fatty food is killing them, but I can't stop. I'm feeding my boys to death," she told the Daily Mail.

"As my weight plummeted and theirs soared I felt awful.

"I tried to buy healthy food for all of us. I wanted the boys to lose weight like I had, only naturally.

"But it's hard for them being at home all the time. They are too overweight to work, exercise or socialise. The only thing I can offer them to make them happy is more food."

For breakfast, the boys often eat six large cream donuts with chocolate milk, followed by fried chicken and pasta for lunch. Hamburgers are a regular dinner for the family.

Between meals, Ms Williams says the boys snack on lollies and chips, washing it all down with litres of fizzy drink.

She says her surgery was subsidised and she could not afford to pay for her sons to have the same surgery.